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The End of Volunteerism

In a Service Club, a Long Time Ago I belong to a service club that has a somewhat unique officer arrangement. If you "go through the chairs," you're committing to a five-year stint. Three of the years require you to be at every weekly meeting,

Risk Taking

Rage in the Manhattan Cage I saw a piece from New York Magazine making cyberwaves last week, but I decided not to post about it until I had a chance to read it. I read it during my nephew's baseball game on Saturday: The Wail of the 1%

Feature Essay

The Catholic Economy Silent Spain, slumbering Spain, solitary Spain. Max Picard [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0971748314/thedailyeudem-20], possibly the best writer ever of thin thick books, loved old Spain. Writing in the mid-twentieth century, before Madrid became a blare of horns and Toledo a blast

The Ignorant Non-Keynesian

That's me, walking a mile to the office in a charcoal gray topcoat in 5-degree Michigan weather, hat on my head, iPod headphones in my ears, my brows furrowed. More likely than not, I'm listening to a podcast about economics. Peter Schiff [http://www.takimag.

Frickin' Boomers

The average American is saving absolutely nothing these days [http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070201/ap_on_bi_go_ec_fi/economy]. In fact, the average American spent more than he earned last year. Why? Nobody is sure, but economists say it could be a problem: > Whatever the

The Tuesday Eudemon

I'm nearly speechless [http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,248196,00.html]: > A 12-year-old German boy who insisted he was a girl trapped in a boy's body convinced his parents that something had to be done, so they agreed to allow him

The Swedish Deal

Great commentary at Spero about the reality of Sweden's welfare state and economy [http://www.speroforum.com/site/article.asp?idcategory=34&idSub=158&idArticle=5664] . Excerpt: > A closer examination, however, reveals that the famous "Swedish Model" does not work very well. This

Confetti Money

> A lavish wedding where newly-weds were sprinkled with shredded euro-note confetti has provoked outrage in a French town, a newspaper reported on Tuesday [http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060801/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_france_confetti;_ylt=As_F0CbHd5fV2cyfmhd7aNys0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA3NW1oMDRpBHNlYwM3NTc-] . As more and more people

Saving $3.00

> Some California drivers are resorting to desperate measures to beat the surge in gas prices at the pump -- deliberately running dry on the state's freeways and simply waiting for rescue [http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/04/25/life.gas.reut/index.html]. When they run out

Ford

I question the flood of boycotts, but the Ford one seems to be picking up steam. This site [http://www.boycottford.com/] has an impressive assortment of evidence against Ford and a fairly-long list of boycotters.